embargo vs ban

embargo and ban both are nouns.

embargo and ban both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embargo	Yes	No	Yes	No
ban	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ban is a hypernym of embargo; that is, ban is a word with a broader meaning than embargo:

embargo: ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
ban: forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

Other hypernyms of embargo include censor.

embargo (noun)	ban (noun)
a government order imposing a trade barrier	a decree that prohibits something
	an official prohibition or edict against something
	100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
	100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
	a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.

embargo (verb)	ban (verb)
prevent commerce	prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons	forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
	expel from a community or group
	ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Difference between embargo and ban

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.